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MeSH Heading: Leukemia Virus, Feline
Tree Number(s): B04.613.807.375.500; B04.820.650.375.500
Unique ID: D005256
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005256
Annotation: infection: coord IM with RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM) + TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS (IM) or if so specified by author index instead under LEUKEMIA, FELINE (IM but see note there) or FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (IM but see note there)
Scope Note: A species of GAMMARETROVIRUS causing leukemia, lymphosarcoma, immune deficiency, or other degenerative diseases in cats. Several cellular oncogenes confer on FeLV the ability to induce sarcomas (see also SARCOMA VIRUSES, FELINE).
Entry Term(s): Cat Leukemia Virus; FeLV; Feline Leukemia Virus; Feline Lymphoma Virus
Registry Numbers: txid11768
Previous Indexing: Retroviridae (1966-1972)
See Also: Sarcoma Viruses, Feline
Public MeSH Note: 94; was FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1973-93
Online Note: use LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE to search FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1973-93
History Note: 94; was FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1973-93
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Concept UI: M0008302
Registry Numbers: txid11768
Scope Note: A species of GAMMARETROVIRUS causing leukemia, lymphosarcoma, immune deficiency, or other degenerative diseases in cats. Several cellular oncogenes confer on FeLV the ability to induce sarcomas (see also SARCOMA VIRUSES, FELINE).
Terms: Leukemia Virus, Feline Preferred Term
Term UI T016089
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1973); Feline Leukemia Virus
Term UI T000882408
Date06/24/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Cat Leukemia Virus
Term UI T016087
Date01/01/1975
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Feline Lymphoma Virus
Term UI T016090
Date11/27/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); FeLV
Term UI T449072
Date06/04/2001
LexicalTag ACR
ThesaurusID NLM (2002)

Leukemia Virus, Feline MeSH Descriptor Data 2025